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Gordon Mitchell Smith

Gordon Mitchell Smith

Gordon Mitchell Smith is a poet, writer, and wine professional. His work has also appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Palette Poetry, The American Journal of Poetry, Columbia Poetry Review, MumberMag, and elsewhere. He lives in Santa Monica with his cat, Joni Mitchell Smith.

July/Aug 2017

Amends

By Gordon Mitchell Smith

I’m sorry is an aversion          of the eyes, a politician’s slant acknowledgment (and somehow not)          of the facts—as perhaps they might be seen from a certain angle—; and yet          it’s […]